Comments on: Looking for a feed parser http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/ Ugo Cei's Weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:52:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: r0 http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-164219 r0 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:59:07 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-164219 we use rome (parser only) for 1.000.000 feeds/day and are quite happy with it we use rome (parser only) for 1.000.000 feeds/day and are quite happy with it

]]> By: ugo http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-189 ugo Tue, 02 Aug 2005 12:37:18 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-189 Nothing at the moment. I've put the project on the backburner for a while, but I'm about to tackle it once more and I plan on testing Rome. Nothing at the moment. I’ve put the project on the backburner for a while, but I’m about to tackle it once more and I plan on testing Rome.

]]> By: George Papayiannis http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-187 George Papayiannis Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:54:28 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-187 I'm in a similair position as your, trying to decide between ROME and FeedParser. Out of curiousity, which did you end up choosing? I’m in a similair position as your, trying to decide between ROME and FeedParser.

Out of curiousity, which did you end up choosing?

]]> By: Charles Miller http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-151 Charles Miller Fri, 01 Jul 2005 23:40:11 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-151 We recently switched javablogs.com over to use Rome, and while we only use the parser part of it (we have our own fetcher and persistence layer), it's worked very well for us so far. We recently switched javablogs.com over to use Rome, and while we only use the parser part of it (we have our own fetcher and persistence layer), it’s worked very well for us so far.

]]> By: Nick Lothian http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-150 Nick Lothian Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:45:28 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/07/01/looking-for-a-feed-parser/#comment-150 (I'm the author of the Feed Fetcher networking module, but I've also contributed minor things to FeedParser). I'm sure Kevin Buton will read this, but anyway...Go with ROME. The distribution is more mature, it has more contributors, it has better docs, the dependencies are less (and are defined) and it as fast or faster in most circumstances (See http://www.mackmo.com/syndbench/index.html). FeedParser does have an OPML parser and autodetection of feeds, which ROME doesn't have. The ROME feed fetcher has an extensive set of features, too. See http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javawsxml/RomeFetcher If it tips the balance, ROME has an ant build maintained by "Mr Bile Blog" Hani himself... (I’m the author of the Feed Fetcher networking module, but I’ve also contributed minor things to FeedParser). I’m sure Kevin Buton will read this, but anyway…Go with ROME. The distribution is more mature, it has more contributors, it has better docs, the dependencies are less (and are defined) and it as fast or faster in most circumstances (See http://www.mackmo.com/syndbench/index.html).

FeedParser does have an OPML parser and autodetection of feeds, which ROME doesn’t have.

The ROME feed fetcher has an extensive set of features, too. See http://wiki.java.net/bin/view/Javawsxml/RomeFetcher

If it tips the balance, ROME has an ant build maintained by “Mr Bile Blog” Hani himself…

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